I’m ready
. ~Being with Dying 25th May, 2016~ Morning Reflective Practice
We are composed of 5 elements. In Ayurveda and Yoga, these elements are earth, water, fire, wind and space.
This morning, Roshi instructed us guided meditation using the concept of five elements.
During the practice, I could visualize it clearly because I had the experience to face the moment from not only patients but my father.
The visualization was started from earth element. Then water, then fire, and during wind part, probably I dropped off to sleep because I missed the part of respiratory arrest in the instruction. When my consciousness came back to my mind, Roshi guided transformation part which is space element.
After this visualization, we went out of the room, Zendo. We looked up the clear blue sky in silence.
I reminded which I wrote last night. When my father woke up morning and was veiled in morning sunshine, he just said,
”It’s beautiful.”
Suddenly, my vision of the sky was changed from unclear view to clear realistic blue and a bit yellow sky. Then I thought,
“I’m ready.”
At the moment my dad passed away, actually he left alone. When I reached the room in hospital, a few minutes ago he was gone. So he didn’t show me the wind part…
It’s homework from him which I should find by myself.
